Applications and Services Development Catalog Items (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

You can add catalog items for applications and services to a Windows Embedded CE OS design.

User Applications Catalog Items

The following table shows the catalog items under the Applications - End User node.

Catalog item	SYSGEN variable	Description
ActiveSync	SYSGEN_AS_BASE	Adds base data synchronization components and the application installer and uninstaller. For more information, see ActiveSync.
File Sync	SYSGEN_AS_FILE	Adds the file synchronization component.
Inbox Sync	SYSGEN_AS_MAIL	Adds synchronization for Inbox mail.
Pocket Outlook Database Sync	SYSGEN_AS_PIM	Adds synchronization for Inbox contacts, tasks, and appointments.
CAB File Installer/Uninstaller	SYSGEN_WCELOAD	Adds support for installing .cab files on a device. For more information, see Cabinet (.cab) File Overview.
Freecell	SYSGEN_FREECELL	Adds Microsoft FreeCell for a user to play on the device.
Solitaire	SYSGEN_SOLITARE	Adds the solitaire card game for a user to play on the device.
User Help	SYSGEN_HELP	Adds user help capabilities for device applications. For more information, see User Help.
Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)	SYSGEN_RDP	Adds base RDP functionality that includes the CETSC executable, the MSTSCAX ActiveX DLL, 32-bit color, Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS), Server Authentication, and Network Level Authentication (NLA). For more information, see Remote Desktop Protocol.
Audio Playback Redirection	SYSGEN_RDP_AUDIO	Enables audio redirection from the server to the RDP client. Note    SYSGEN_RDP_AUDIO does not automatically bring in the ACM WMA or MP3 audio codecs. For this, you must add SYSGEN_DSHOW_ACMMP and SYSGEN_DSHOW_ACMWMA.
Printer Redirection	SYSGEN_RDP_PRINTER	Enables printer redirection from the server to the RDP client.
Smard Card Redirection	SYSGEN_RDP_SMARTCARD	Enables smart card redirection for terminal server logon and application usage. OS developers must add the smart card driver appropriate for their system together with a custom CSP provided by the third-party Smart Card reader provider.
Serial and Parallel Port Redirection	SYSGEN_RDP_PORT	Enables serial and parallel port redirection.
Cut/Copy/Paste Clipboard Redirection	SYSGEN_RDP_CLIPBOARD	Enables cut, copy, and paste clipboard redirection.
User Interface Dialog Boxes	SYSGEN_RDP_UI	Enables user interface dialog boxes.
File Storage Redirection	SYSGEN_RDP_DRIVE	Enables file storage redirection.
Filtered File Storage Redirection	SYSGEN_RDP_FILTERFSD	Enables filtered file storage redirection.
License Information	SYSGEN_RDP_LICINFO	Adds the RDP Client Activation License utility.
Windows Network Projector	SYSGEN_RDP_PROJECTOR	Adds support for an IP-based display device that uses RDP over an IP network to display the contents from a Windows Vista computer.
Sample Network Projector UI	SYSGEN_RDP_PROJECTOR_UI	Adds a sample UI for a network projector, provided in English.
Terminal Emulator	SYSGEN_PEGTERM	Adds a sample terminal emulation application that lets you use TTY or VT100 emulation mode to connect to a remote host by using a TAPI device.
Windows Messenger	SYSGEN_MESSENGER	Adds the Windows Messenger application that detects contacts and provides text and voice messaging and file transfers by using .NET Messenger and Real-time Communications (RTC) services.
WordPad	SYSGEN_PWORD	Adds support for text (.txt) files.

Applications and Services Catalog Items

The following table shows the catalog items under the Applications and Services Development node.

Catalog item	SYSGEN variable	Description
.NET Compact Framework	SYSGEN_DOTNET	Adds .NET Compact Framework and the .NET Compact Framework Service Pack 2 to your OS design. For more information, see .NET Compact Framework.
Adobe Flash Lite ActiveX Control	SYSGEN_IE_FLASHLITE	An ActiveX control that supports Adobe Flash Lite in Internet Explorer Embedded.
OS Dependencies for .NET Compact Framework	SYSGEN_DOTNET_SUPPORT	Adds all the necessary files and OS dependencies to enable .NET Compact Framework. However, these files do not include .NET Compact Framework. For more information, see .NET Compact Framework OS Design Development.
Smart Device Authentication Utility	SYSGEN_VS_SD_AUTH	Adds the Smart Device Authentication Utility, SDAuthUtilDevice.exe, a tool to use during application development when you connect a development board to Visual Studio through Ethernet instead of ActiveSync.
Active Template Library (ATL)	SYSGEN_ATL	Includes support for Active Template Library for Windows Embedded CE.
C++ Runtime Support for Exception Handling and Runtime Type Information	SYSGEN_CPP_EH_AND_RTTI	Includes support for compiler C++ exception handling the same as the desktop C++ compilers.
Full C Runtime	SYSGEN_FULL_CRT	Includes full C run-time support in your run-time image.
Standard I/O (STDIO)	SYSGEN_STDIO	Includes standard I/O support.
Standard I/O ASCII (STDIOA)	SYSGEN_STDIOA	Includes standard I/O ASCII support.
Standard String Functions - ASCII (coresta)	SYSGEN_CORESTRA	Includes standard string functions.
String Safe Utility Functions	SYSGEN_STRSAFE	Includes string safe utility functions.
COM	SYSGEN_OLE	Adds a midrange implementation of COM and Automation that supports only in-process free-threaded objects. For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).
CoCreateGuid functionality for OLE32	SYSGEN_OLE_GUIDS	Adds support for CoCreateGuid used with the standard COM implementation. For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).
COM Storage	SYSGEN_OLE_STG	Adds structured storage functionality to the standard COM implementation. For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).
DCOM	SYSGEN_DCOM	Adds a full-featured COM implementation the same as Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 Service Pack 5. This catalog item no longer brings in the DCOM component libraries. For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM). Note: Distributed COM (DCOM) is not included in Windows Embedded CE. For more information, see Remote DCOM Support.
COM Storage	SYSGEN_DCOM_STG	This catalog item adds structured storage functionality to DCOM. For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).
Minimal COM (No OLE Support)	SYSGEN_MINICOM	Adds a minimal COM implementation that provides a baseline API for COM object creation. For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).
CoCreateGuid functionality for OLE32	SYSGEN_MINICOM_GUIDS	Adds support for CoCreateGuid used with the minimal COM implementation. For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).
COM Storage	SYSGEN_MINICOM_STG	For more information, see Component Services (COM and DCOM).
Exchange Client	SYSGEN_FPVOIP_OWAEXCHANGE	Applies to Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 Includes the Exchange client in the run-time image. For more information, see Exchange Client.
Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Client	SYSGEN_LDAP	Includes the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) client in the run-time image. For more information, see Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) Client.
Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)	SYSGEN_MFC	Includes support for Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC). MFC for Windows Embedded CE is a comprehensive class library and complete object-oriented application framework designed to help build applications, COM components, and controls. You can create anything from a simple dialog box–based application to a sophisticated application that uses the full MFC document or view architecture. This catalog item is available only in display-based OS designs.
Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM)	SYSGEN_POOM	Includes support for Outlook Mobile-related data stores and the API modules. For more information, see Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM).
SOAP Toolkit Client	SYSGEN_SOAPTK_CLIENT	Adds SOAP Toolkit client support that enables Web services invocation. For more information, see SOAP Toolkit.
SOAP Toolkit Server	SYSGEN_SOAPTK_SERVER	Adds SOAP Toolkit server support that maps Web service requests to COM method calls. For more information, see SOAP Toolkit.
Speech API (SAPI) 5.0	SYSGEN_SPEECH	Adds a subset of the Microsoft Speech API (SAPI) version 5.0. SAPI 5.0 is a programming standard for speech recognition and text-to-speech. Available in both display-based devices and devices that have no display screens. For more information, see Speech API (SAPI) 5.0.
Standard SDK for Windows Embedded CE	SYSGEN_USDK	The Standard Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows Embedded CE Catalog item includes a common baseline of Windows Embedded CE technologies to make it easy to port applications. This catalog item is available only in display-based OS designs.
XML Core Services and Document Object Model (DOM)	SYSGEN_MSXML_DOM	Supports basic DOM for MSXML. This catalog item performs DTD and schema verification on documents if you want and includes XML error strings not included in xmlminisax. It also supports schema caching. This catalog item is required by all other core XML catalog items except xmlminisax. Selecting this catalog item automatically selects xmlnetful networking. For more information, see XML Core Services and Document Object Model.
XML Error Strings	SYSGEN_MSXML_ERROR_STRINGS	Includes error strings in the OS design. Setting this Sysgen variable increases the image size by 40 KB, but provides more meaningful information to developers when there are errors parsing XML text. For more information, see XML OS Design Development.
XML HTTP	SYSGEN_MSXML_HTTP	Includes the XMLHTTP object, which enables Web services. For more information, see XML HTTP.
XML Query Language (XQL)	SYSGEN_MSXML_XQL	Provides support for the XML Query Language (XQL). For more information, see XML Query Language (XQL).
XML Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)	SYSGEN_MSXML_XSLT	Provides support for the XML Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT). Requires the XML Query Language (XQL) catalog item. For more information, see XML Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT).
XML SAX	SYSGEN_MSXML_SAX	Provides support for XML SAX that includes xmldom. Unlike xmlminisax, xmlsax performs DTD validation of documents, includes MXXMLWriter, and can be used from Visual Basic. For more information, see XML SAX.
XML Minimal Parser	SYSGEN_MSXML_MINI	Provides the smallest possible combination of XML options for devices that require some XML parsing, but have very limited resources. This option must be the only core XML catalog item specified. No other catalog items rely on it. Selecting this catalog item automatically selects xmlnetmini networking. For more information, see XML Minimal Parser and XML OS Design Development.

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